Easter Egg Hunt with Cascarones

Have a smashing time with an alternative Easter Egg Hunt using Cascarones.
Each Easter we go to a friend’s house for an afternoon dessert potluck and Easter Egg Hunt. This is a different type of egg hunt. We make and hide Cascarones, which we smash on each other as we find them. Our friends who host have kids in college, but everyone still loves to participate! Our Cascarones are egg sheets that are filled with bird seed.

How to Make Cascarones

Step 1: Save empty egg shells. We usually start a few months early. We carefully chip the end of the egg so that the shells can be filled.Step 2: Decorate the egg shells. We like to write on the eggs with Sharpie (things like Smash on Parker), and then we dye them. Give the dye some time to dry.Step 3: Fill the eggs with bird seed. People will also use rice or confetti, but we like to make sure it’s safe for all outside critters.Step 4: Seal the ends. We use tissue paper applied with watered down glue to cover the ends.Step 5: Let the ends dry. I set mine out in the garage overnight.
Here’s the finished product!!

Alternative Easter Egg Hunt

Final Step: Hide, find, & smash. Several adults go out and hide eggs all over the place. When we shout GO, the egg hunt and smash begin.
It’s always a good time. Anyone who doesn’t want to get smashed just stays inside the house. Do you have a fun Easter tradition?

SO. MUCH. FUN! I think I'm going to do it your way from now on. The one time we did this it was in the dining room. No one suspected what the pretty bowl of eggs actually was. After dessert I passed them out and announced, "Hit the person on your right over the head!" Total chaos and loads of fun - but glittery confetti everywhere and poor grandpa vacuuming for weeks afterwards! Your way is far better and I love the bird seed idea too. You're right, of course. Kids never outgrow doing this - mine are all 20-somethings!

I have never heard of this before either but holy crow that looks like fun! And a lovely way to get rid of all the pent up winter frustration too! Stopping by from the Seven Alive Link up! And your newest follower too!

That's cool- enviro friendly too! I hate buying plastic eggs that end up in the trash. I save them all year cuz I'm a cheap wad, they take up space- plus kids don't need all that candy & junk. I think mine would like this better!

Writing on the eggs with Sharpies reminded me that when we were kids, there was always one plain white egg with GENERIC written across it in black sharpie. It didn't matter how awesome the other eggs were, that was ALWAYS the coveted egg and the one we were most excited to find!

This is so interesting...I am sure the older ones do you like to play! We may try this. Would you consider adding this to a link up I host each weekend? This week we are featuring Easter ideas only. This post would make a perfect addition. -Savannah www.hammocktracks.com

I hope to try this - my boys would love it. Pinned it! Thanks for sharing at Family Fun Friday! Monicahttp://happyandblessedhome.comhope to see you again later this week at:http://happyandblessedhome.com/category/family-fun/

This is so clever! What a fun idea for a hunt! No plastic eggs to store, no actual eggs to miss and go bad, and I LOVE that you filled it with bird seed - brilliant!

I am featuring this at TGIF today here - http://www.123homeschool4me.com/2013/03/tgif-linky-party-67.html. Thanks for linking up and sharing your creativity with the rest of us! Feel free to grab a NEW featured button.

Thank you Diana for linking up these eggs at sweet treats and swanky stuff! They bring back some fun memories for me, I spent a lot of time going to school in Mexico as a teenager. I am going to feature them tomorrow, please come back and link up some more projects! Thanks again

Insane which obviously = too much fun! I love it!! Never heard of this before! Thanks for sharing and for linkin up to my Sunday FUNday party! Hope to see you tonight!! :)Kristine - The Foley Fam {unedited}

How fun! I've never heard of these before, but now I really want to have an egg hunt--just so we can make these... Can't wait to have little ones to make this a tradition with! Thanks for the great idea!

Thanks for sharing your tutorial on Tutorial Thursdays Linky Party this month. Your Tutorial is a feature today (25th March) on my blog.I look forward to seeing you again in the next month's linky.xNatalieMarigolds' Loft